مِصْر تُنَادِيكُمْ فَمَنْ يُحْجِمُ

تَطَوَّعُوا وَالأَسْبَقُ الأَكْرَمُ

Egypt calls upon you, so who will hold back?

Volunteer, and the earliest is the most noble,

إِنَّ القُرَى مِنْ هَمِّهَا فَاعْلَمُوا

لِنَهْضَةٍ تَرْقُبُهَا مِنكُمُ

Know that the villages suffer from their concerns,

Awaiting a renaissance they hope from you.

بِالأَمْسِ لَمْ يُعْنَ بِإِصْلاحِهَا

مَنْ شُغْلُهُ حَيْثُ لَهُ مَغْنَمُ

Yesterday, he who busied himself where he profits

Did not care to reform it.

وَاليوْمَ تَبْدُو مِنْ دَيَاجٍ بِهَا

عَابِسَةٍ بَارِقَةٌ تَبْسُمُ

And today it dawns from behind the clouds

Frowning, glaring, smiling.

فَلْيَأْتِ عَهْدٌ عَادِلٌ نَيِّر

وَليَمْضِ عَهْدٌ ظَالِمٌ مُظْلِمُ

So let a just era come, shining,

And let an unjust, oppressive era pass away.

مَا عِزَّة الأُمَّةِ إِنْ كَاثرَتْ

وَفِي السَّوادِ الجَهْلُ مُسْتَحْكِمُ

What is the glory of the nation if the majority

Remain in deep ignorance?

مَا جَاهُهَا إِنْ رَقِيَتْ قِلَّةٌ

وَلَمْ يُدَانِ القِلَّةَ المُعْظَمُ

What is its prominence if only a few excel

And the few are not valued?

طُفْ بِالقُرَى تلْقَ أُلُوفاً بِهَا

مِنْهُمُ رَقِيقُ الحَالِ وَالمُعْدِمُ

Go around the villages, you find thousands

Among them destitute and deprived.

وَشَظَفُ العَيْشِ الَّذِي وِرْدُهُ

أَحْلَى لَهُ لَوْ أَنَّهُ عَلْقَمُ

Barely surviving on the sustenance

That would be sweeter to them if it were bitter aloes.

وَأَخْشَنُ الأَثْوَابِ مَا يَكْتَسِي

وَأَرْدَأَ الأَلْوَانِ مَا يَطْعَمُ

Wearing the coarsest clothes they can cover with,

Eating the foulest food they can find.

وَأَخْبَث الأَمْرَاضِ تَنْتَابُهُ

مِنْ حَيْثُ لا يَدْرِي وَلا يَفْهَمُ

Afflicted by the worst diseases

From sources they know not nor understand.

وَمِنْهُمُ السَّالِمُ لَكِنَّهُ

مِنْ مُغْرِيَاتِ السُّوءِ لا يَسْلَمُ

Among them are the healthy, but they

Are not safe from wicked enticements.

يُفِيدُ مِنْ أَحْقَادِهِ أَنَّهُ

مُتَّخَمٌ يُوثَقُ أَوْ مُجْرِمُ

They benefit from their grudges that

They are either tied up or imprisoned,

أَولَئِكَ الأَنْعَاسُ لَوْ أُنْصِفُوا

أَجِدَرُ خَلْقِ اللهِ إِنْ يُرْحَمُوا

Those hapless souls, if I were fair,

Are more deserving of mercy than any people.

وَمَا لَهُمْ ذَنْبٌ سِوَى أَنَّهُمْ

مَا نُشِّبُوا يَوْماً وَمَا حُلمُوا

They have no sin other than that

They never matured nor had dreams.

هُمْ ثَرْوَةٌ مَفْقُودَةٌ لِلحِمَى

فَعَلِّمُوهُمْ عِلمُواّ عَلِّمُوا

They are lost wealth for the nation,

So teach them, educate them, teach!

تَصَوَّرُوا كَيْفَ يَكُونُونَ لَوْ

رُدوا عَنِ الغَيِّ وَلَوْ أُحْكِمُوا

Imagine how they would be if

They were saved from misguidance.

وَمَا يَكُونُونَ إِذَا هُذِّبُوا

تَهْذِيبَ رِفْقٍ وَإِذَا قوِّمُوا

How they would be if disciplined

With kindness, and if guided.

وَمَا أَسْبَابُ أَدْوَائِهِمْ

وَكُلُّهُمْ لَوْ نُفِيَتْ ضَيْغَمُ

And what are the causes of their illnesses,

Which would all disappear if ignored?

وَأُبْطِلَ السِّحْرُ وَتَضْلِيلُهُ

وَعُطِّلَ الإِيهَامُ وَالمُوهِمُ

And magic and its deception were nullified,

As were illusion and the illusionist.

وَوَضَحَ الفَرْقُ لَهُمْ بَيْنَ مَا

يَحِلُّ مِنْ أَمْرٍ وَمَا يَحْرُمُ

And the difference between what is

Lawful and what is forbidden became clear.

خَلْقٌ ضِعَافٌ وَبِهِمْ قُوَّةٌ

غَلاَّبَةٌ إِنْ خُدِمَتْ تَخْدُمُ

A weak creation, but in them is

An overwhelming power if served.

بِهِمْ ذَكَاءٌ لَوْ جَلا صَيْقَلٌ

أَصْدَاءهُ لَمْ يَحْكِهِ مِخْدَمُ

In them is intelligence which if unleashed

And polished, none could match its echo.

بِهِمْ أَنَاةٌ مِنْ أَعَاجِيبِهَا

مَواثِلُ الآثَارِ وَالجُثَّمُ

In them is the uncanny patience

With which they built the pyramids of Egypt

بَنَوْا بِهَا أَهْرَامَ مِصْرَ الَّتِي

قَدْ يَهْرَمُ الدَّهْرُ وَلا تَهْرَمُ

Which may see ages crumble yet still stand tall.

They are your nation’s treasure,

أُولَئِكُمْ ذُخْرٌ لأَوْطَانِكثمْ

فَعَلِّمُوهُمْ عَلِّمُوا عَلِّمُوا

So teach them, educate them, teach!

Egypt’s loyal youth of early times,

فِتْيَانَ مِصْرَ الأَوْفِيَاءَ الأُولَى

هُمْ فِي مَجَالاتِ الفِدَى مَا هُمُ

They are beyond match in arenas of sacrifice.

The words of Ali are a guiding light,

قَوْلُ عَلِيٍّ قَبَسٌ لِلهُدَى

مِنْ مَصْدَرِ الحِكْمَةِ مُسْتَلْهَمُ

Drawn from the wellspring of wisdom.

Ismail’s view in what he made clear to you

وَرَأْيُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ فِيمَا جَلا

لَكُمْ هُو المُجْتَمَعُ المُحْكَمُ

Is the perfect all-encompassing society.

And in Nuseir’s encouragements to you

وَفِي إِهَابَاتِ نُصَيْرٍ بِكُمْ

مَا يَبْعَثُ العزْمَ وَمَا يُضْرِمُ

Is what inspires determination and kindles zeal.

Dedicate yourselves to reforming the villages, a dedication

هُبُّوا لإِصْلاحِ القُرَى هِبَّةً

تُؤْثَرُ فِي تَارِيخِهَا عَنْكُمُ

That will be remembered in their history from you,

That will strengthen the pillars of the nation

تَزِيدُ أَرْكَانَ الحِمَى قُوَّةً

بِقُوَّةِ الرُّكْنِ الَّذِي يُدْعَمُ

With the strength of the pillar it supports.

Egypt rightly called upon her generations,

مِصْرُ بِحَقٍّ نَدَبَتْ نَشْئَهَا

لَهَا وَذَاكَ الشَّرَفُ الأَعْظَمُ

Hers is that greatest honor.

What effort is too great to expend in her love

مَا الجُهْدُ إِنْ يُبْذَلْ وَفِي حُبِّهَا

غَيْرُ عَزِيزٍ إِنْ يُرَاقَ الدَّمُ

Where no blood spilled is too dear?

The village folk are her children like yourselves,

أَهْلُ القُرَى أَبْنَاؤُهَا مِثْلُكُمْ

فَعَلمُوهُمْ عَلِّمُوا عَلِّمُوا

So teach them, educate them, teach!